Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk
From: GUEST,me
Date: 13 Jun 23 - 09:01 PM

arry ad an awk
arry kept his awk in a at box.arrys awk made aterrible row.
arry it is awk over the ead with a very ard ammer.arry don't ave a awk no mre

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk
From: GUEST,Martin2
Date: 31 Dec 22 - 05:43 PM

What I remember is,

Arry ad an awk
Arry it is awk on the ead wiv an ard ard ammer an urt it orrible
Now Arry ain’t got no awk
On day Arrys   muvva says to Arry, “ Arry where’s your awk?”
Arry answered aughtily “anging on the anger in the all Mum”.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk
From: GUEST,Lorraine
Date: 06 Aug 20 - 08:01 AM

Arry ad a at box
Arry ad a awk
Arry put the awk in the at box
And the awk ollered orribly loud
Etc

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk
From: GUEST,Chris Bright
Date: 20 Feb 17 - 07:10 AM

My granddad used to recite a variation of this (would have been in the early 1960's but doubtless much older)

'Arry 'ad 'an 'awk
'Arry 'it 'awk on 'ead with 'eavy 'ammer
'Awk 'owled 'orrible

Most of those things turn out to be from music hall songs or routines, but I have no idea where this one's from.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 31 Aug 13 - 01:16 PM

It seems as if this poem ought to be in Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour (1910) – but I can't find it there.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Aug 13 - 04:23 AM

...and another:

Our 'arry 'ad an 'awk an'
Our 'arry's 'awk 'ollered 'orribly.
Our 'arry 'it 'is 'awk
on the 'ead
wiv an 'ard 'eaded 'ammer.
Now our 'arry ain't got no 'awk.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Aug 13 - 04:09 AM

Hi, Martin-
This is all I found:

'Arry 'ad an 'awk in an 'atbag
And the 'awk made an 'orrible row
'Arry 'it the 'awk with an 'evy 'ard 'ammer
'Arry ain't got an 'awk now.

-Joe-

Subject: Lyr Req: 'Arry 'ad an 'awk
From: GUEST,Guest Banksie
Date: 26 Aug 13 - 04:01 AM

Seems like my cookie's been eaten..... anyway, this is not exactly a lyric, more a short monologue my father used to say when I was small, and I can no only remember bits of it. It is about Harry, and his Hawk, and contains the following lines that I can remember:

'Arry 'ad an 'awk

'Arry put the 'awk in an 'at box

'Arry 'it the 'awk' on the 'ead wiv a 'eavy, 'ard, 'ot, 'ammer

Does this ring any bells with anyone?

Martin